This paves the way for her to form a Cabinet in the coming weeks.
Ms Paetongtarn Shinawatra arrives with her father, former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, at the Pheu Thai party headquarters in Bangkok on Aug 18.
The King’s approval, a formality, was read out by House of Representatives Secretary Apat Sukhanand in a ceremony in Bangkok. “As head of the executive branch, I will do my duty together with the legislators with an open heart,” she said.
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